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Volume 30 Number 63
J. TV Ryan jr. Named
Valedictorian for 1934
John E. Ryan Selected
For Salutatorian
Post Tuesday
AWARDS MADE ON BASIS
OF ACTIVITIES, STUDIES
John T. rßyan jr. ’34. was chosen
valedictorian and John E. Ryan '34
was named salutatorian of the sen
ior' class Tuesday afternoon by the
committee in charge of making the
selections.
Other members of the senior class
who were considered by the commit
tee are Ernest J. Kaulfuss, Daniel
V. McCarthy, Charles A. Myers, and
Karl- P. Weber jr. The committee of
seniors in charge of the selections was,
composed of Jacob R. Stark, chair
man, Bernard J. Duffy, John. A.
Itathmell, William- J. Suchors, and
Prof. John H. Frizzell; head of the
department of public speaking.
Activities Considered
The awards this year were made
not solely on the basis of scholarship
but also on the extra-curricular ac
tivities participated in by the can
didates. Members of the committee
were asked to make their choice on
the basis of contributipns -made to
undergraduate life here.
John T. Ryan jr. was president of
his class, this yeai*, historian during
his sophomore year, a member of Stu
dent NBoard, president of Student
Council-, manager of basketball for the
past season, a- member of the board
Of the_Old.Main and men's gov
ernment representative on Student
Union Board.
Member of 7 Honoraries
He was also a member of Blue Key,
Parmi Nous, and Lion’s Paw, campus
hat societies; and of the following
honorary societies: Phi Eta Sigma
and'Phi. Kappa £hi,_ scholastic; Tam
,v ßcTta‘“ Pl,’'"engiijeen ng 'Stjgma
Gamma Epsilon, mining engineering.
He is a member of Phi Delta Theta
social fraternity.
John E. Ryan was business man
ager of Froth, president of Associat
ed College Comics last year, a mem
ber of the College symphony, director
of the Players' orchestra, and a mem
ber of' the P. S. ,C. A. cabinet for two
years.
Will Speak on Class Day
He is atso a member of the follow
ing honorary societies: Phi Eta Sig
ma and Phi Kappa Phi, scholastic;
Tau Beta Pi, engineering; Kappa
Gamma Psi, music; and Pi Delta Ep
silon, journalism, lie is a member
of Phi Kappa Psi social fraternity.
Both Ryans will speak at the Class
Day exercises to be held in Schwab
auditorium on Monday morning, l June
31.
JOHNSTOWN MINISTER
WILL TALK IN CHAPEL
Dr. Anderson To Discuss Relation of
Science to God on Sunday
"Docs Science Leave Room for
God?” will be diseased-by Dr. WjUliam
K. Anderson, pastor of the Franklin
street -Methodist Episcopal church of
Johnstown, In the regular chapel serv
ices in Schwab auditorium at 11 o’clock
Sunday morning.
Dr. Anderson, a- graduate of Wcs
lyan University, had also been award
ed degrees by Columbia University and
Union Theological* Seminary. Follow
ing his ordination in 1915, he.served
as pastor of Ohio State University un
til 1938. Before coming to his present
charge, he was pastor of churches in
Pittsburgh and Butler.
A (trustee of, the local Foun
dation; Dr. Anderson is also a member
of the committee on Worship and
Music of the Methodist church, and ai
so.-of ithe staff of the Ohio branch of
the National Council for Defense. In
1918, he served with -the Army Y; M.
C. A. at Camp Sherman.
Ail R. 0. T. C. Students
■Excused 1 Hour Monday
U. 0. T. C. students will be ex
cused ‘from classes between 3 and
4 o’clock Monday afternoon in or
der that they may participate in
a two-hour retreat ceremony.
During the ceremonies/ Wood
row W! Meyers '36 will be award
ed the President’s gold medal for
first place in the manual-of-arms
competition held last night. George
F. Magdeburgcr ’36 will receive
the silver medal, while Joseph R.
Goldstein'’37 will get the bronze
medal.'
Named Valedictorian
JOHN T. RYAN JR. '34
750 TO RECEIVE
DIPLOMAS JUNE 11
Dr. Hough of Drew Seminary
To Give Baccalaureate
Address June 11
More than 750 seniors will receive
diplomas in the annual Commence
ment exercises to be held in Recrea
tion hall at 3:45 o'clock Monday aft
ernoon,.June 11.
Commencement Week will-begin on
Thursday, June 7, with the gradua
tion exercises for two-year students
scheduled to be held in the Little
Theatre, Old Main. Spring House
party will begin the following day
and continue throughout the week
end. " On Friday night the Players
will present/'The Tavern.” * ' ‘
■ Juno ,9 Named Aliimni Day
Saturday,“june O/lias been seraside
as Spring Alumni Day with class re
unions for 'all classes whose numerals
end in "4” or “9.” Features for the
day include a varsity baseball game
and golf match with the University
of Pennsylvania, and the re-produc
tion of the Thespian show, “My
Stars.”
Dr. Lynn H. Hough, Drew Semin
ary, Madison, N. J., will deliver the'
Baccalaureate address to the graduat
ing class on the following morning,
Sunday, June 10. The College Blue
Band will present a concert on Front
Campus in the afternoon. •
Class To Present Memorial
The • tentative program for Com
mencement Day includes the .Class
Day exercises at 9 o’clock on Mon
day morning, June 11. John T. Ry-|
an jr. ’34 and John E. Ryan ’34, val
edictorian and salutatorian »>f the
graduating class, will speak. The
class' memorial will be presented to
the College with an acceptance speech
by a trustee. Individual school re
ceptions will follow the Class Day
program.
_ The Commencement procession ’will
begin at 3:15 o’clock in - the’after
noon with the graduation- exercises
proper starting at 3:45. In the eve
ning there will be a concert by the
Glee club,' followed by the annual
Commencement Reception and Dance
in Recreation hall.
31 WILL ADDRESS
CAREER CONCLAVE
Prominent Americans To Lead Topic
Of Vocational Opportunities
At Newark in June
Thirty-one men and women, prom-;
inent In American affairs and world
known for' their achievements, will 1
discuss career opportunities in their
respective fields and qualifications
necessary .for success at the first
"Choosing a Career” conference for
college men and women at Newark,
N. J., June 26, 27, and 28. Follow
ing each talk, students will- be given
the opportunity of personal confer
ence with the speaker.
Gov, A. Harry Moore of New Jer
sey will open the conference. Presi
dents and other officials will outline
the career possibilities in advertising,
automotive industry, aviation, build
ing, communications, entertainment
field, exploration, finance, food indus
try, and government.
Addresses will also be given in the
fields of insurance, journalism, pub-:
lie relations, publishing, shipping,
steel, railroading, and retailing. On
the last day o‘f, the conference, na
tionally known women will outline
careers in art, beauty culture, com
mercial photography/ fashion design,
and industrial relations.
STATE COLLEGE, PA., THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 17, 1934
Harvey ’35 Wins A. A.
Secretarial Position
. George W. Harvey ’35 was elect
ed secretary of -the Athletic As
sociation when he polled 186
votes' to 136 for Peter Lcktrich
'35 in the second election held
yesterday afternoon.
A second balloting was neces
sary because none of the four can
didates received a majority in
Monday’s election. The two can
didates dropped from the race aft
er the first vote were Louis Kreiz
man ’35 and Donald 11. Masters
'35.
SCHOOLS TO MEET
IN PLAY DAY HERE
Bucknell, Lock Haven, Dickinson,
. Susquehanna Will Attend
Annual Meetings
Women representatives from Buck
ncll University 1 , Susquehanna Univer
sity, Lock Haven State Teacher's Col
lege, and Dickinson College will take
part in the annual Play Day here
Saturday afternoon. The affair is
held at a different college every year.
The representatives from each col
lege, together with those from here,
will be divided into two teams, the
Blue and the White. Representatives
from the College will be Victoria R.
Magda '34, Fern A. Shoemaker '34,
Dorothy L. Anderson '35, Mildred J.
Bogle '35, Elsie M. Douthctt ’35, and
M. Elizabeth Diffcnderfer ’35. Oth
ers are M. Elizabeth Springer ’36,
Katherine L. Wagner ’36, Selena A.
Wunderlich '36, Emma J. Foster '37,
Josephine Platt ’37, und Florence Tay
i lor ’37.
Program To Open at 2 O'clock
The program will open on Holmes
field at 2 o’clock when the teams will
compete in hockey, baseball, archery,
volley-ball, and tennis. A swimming
meet is being arranged, to follow the
other athletic events, which will- in
clude various relays such as old
ejothes, i ,balloori,,bug >: cand!e J , r and ! -.cgg.
races/'”' ‘ ~T-
Following the swim/the two teams
will ride-to the W. A. A. cabin on
hay wagons, where they will eat sup
per and stay for the night. While at
the cabin-they-will discuss women’s
athletic; problems, take- a moonlight
hike,* and have a midnight lunch. The
group .will; return .after breakfast,
Sunday. , f * ‘ . •
M. Elizabeth Diffcnderfer ’35. will
have charge of hostesses for the oc
casion. Two girls have been appoint
ed as hostesses for each representa
tive college. Those chosen are Helen
F. Tananis ’34, Marian L. Foreman
’35, Frances V. Lnubach ’35, Sara B.
Bitting '36, Ruth Lonbcrgcr ’36, Jane
A. Roopc '36, Jean .'B. Northrup 37,
and Goncvra C. Ziegler ’37.
LA VIE CANDIDATES FOR ART,
EDITORIAL STAFFS TO MEET
Sophomore candidates for the edi-:
torial and art staffs of the 1935 La j
Fie will hold their first meeting in the I
publication office, 315 Old Main, at|
7:30 o’clock Tuesday night. At that!
time general work on the publication!
will be outlined, members of the new
ly elected senior board will be intro
duced, and sophomores will be told]
how the work of the staff is orga-|
nized. i
William Y. E. Rambo ’35, editor of
the publication, has announced that
work in . preparation of next year’s
La Vic will begin with the completion
of spring sports this year, and that
election of art and cditoriul candi
dates to the junior board will take
place early in the fall.
FATHER OF VALEDICTORIAN
STILL HAS ‘JUMP’ ON SON
Although John T. Ryan jr. ’34 has
achieved most of the honors attain
able on this campus, his father, John
T. Ryan sr. ’OB still regards him as
somewhat of an upstart.
Mr. Ryan has quite an enviable
record and in order to show young
Jack that he is not going to be sur
passed without some struggle, he
recently began work for a profession
al, Engineer of Mines degree, and has
just completed it. He will- be award
ed the degree at the graduation ex
ercises of the -College on June 11.
Consequently, on the same day that
Jack junior gives his valedictory
speech and receives his bachelor’s de
gree, the President of the College
will award Mr. Ryan one of the high
est degrees granted by the School- of
Mineral Industries. Although it has
no exact equivalent, it is a technical
degree which corresponds closely to
the Ph.D.
The requirement for earning this
LION SOCCER-TEAM
TO TOUR SCOTLAND
DURING AUG , SEPT.
Coach Jeffrey Completes Plans
To Take Varsity Players
On 6-Weeics Trip
EACH MAN TO'SPAY OWN
EXPENSES ON JOURNEY
I -Penn State socccrlplaycrs and man
’ agers wilt tour Scotland in a series
of games this' suxnacr, the' arrange
ments being completed when Coach
William D. Jeffrey Received a cable
gram from a representative In Edin
burgh last night.'.Tht coach will ac
company the'team/members who will
mako the trip atrth'eir own expense
Official approval by the administra
tion of the College .-.who will then ap
ply to the Intercollegiate Soccer asso
ciation for permission' for the team to
make the trip, is. expected by Coach
Jeffrey -sometiirie.ncxt week. Sanction
by these two bodics-is only a matter
of routine, and no dpiay of the- plans
is expected. '3 ‘ ■
13 Give Assurance of Going
At present 'thirteen players have
given definite assurance that they
will go, while several more will sign
up before June 1; .Coach Jeffrey also
plans to invite several more freshmen.
The selected list as Jt now stands in
cludes A. Homer Mfanwaring ’34 and
L. Benjamin Palmer.l36 as goals; How
ard A.. Hansen ’34, .Captain-elect John
E. Fletcher '35, "Winfred D. Vosbury
’35, Edwin G. Long;'36, William F.
Sutliff ’36; and' Frank A. Ostcrlund
’37, halfbacks. ’ '
Others arc Robert' O. Graham jr.
’35, John E. Binns/36, John A. Strat
ton jr. ’37, fullbacks;- and Edward C.
Finzel ’34, F. Marple- Aam.bler '35,
Donald H. Masters ,’35, Joseph Wj. Bie
licki ’36, George L/'Corbctt ’36, Rob
ert W.' Dallas ’37, 'Wlinam McEwan
’37, Conwell Welsh’.’37, forwards. Wil
liam H.'Nicholson, '35, manager/and
Edward J. Bchney .’36, Carl L. Miller
’36, and Evan Pollit£.'36, first assist
ant managers, will'also aqcompany. the
James 'Edgar,. honorable secretary
of 'the-Leith Amateur Football club, is
making all arrangements forthe team
during-their stay in Scotland. He is
also making up the schedule, which
will include six opponents.- The con
tests will take place in Edinburgh,
Glasgow, Dundee, and Aberdeen. The
squad will leave from New York about
August 11; returning about Septem
ber 19 or 20.
Wpicn questioned concerning the
team’s chances while over there,
Coach Jeffrey said; "In Scotland it is
their game. If we make the contests
close, I’ll be more than satisfied. They
have especially good amateur social
teams in* Edinburgh.”
Has Received Other Invitations
This is tho third invilatlon tiiat
Nittany Lion soccer teams have re
ceived to send representatives to in
ternational contests. Early last Sep
tember Coach Jeffrey was asked by
the Italian government to send a Penn
State team to represent the United
.States at the International Confeder
ation of University Students' games
.at Turin, Italy.
STUDENTS HEAD COMMITTEE
TO-DEVISE DELEGATE PLANS
Manlio F. DcAngclis '35 and Emma
B. Rubinkam '*3G havo been named
co-chairmen of a committee to make
plans for representatives from Penn
State to attend the Intercollegiate
Christian Association Conference to
be held at Eagles Mere June 15-23.
The theme to be discused at this!
conference is "The Responsibility of
the Christian Student in the Now
degree is to write a satisfactory the
sis after having spent at least three
years of unusually responsible work
in the field. Mr. Ryan'chose as the
topic for his thesis, "The Develop
ment of Methane Detectors and Re
corders for Coal Mine Use,” and it
has just been approved by Prof; Wil
liam R. Chedsey, of .the department
of mines.
Mr. Ryan is now serving as vice
president and general'manager of a
mining safety appliance company in
Pittsburgh. He is familiar with the
topic of his thesis since his company
has produced the only trustworthy
gas detector yet developed, and he is
mainly responsible for .it, according
to Professor Chedsey.'
Before developing this detector, Mr.
Ryan examined over 300 other pat
ents which have been made on me
thane recorders in four countries. Of
all of the 300, not one of them had
proven successful when it came to
practical application. ,
College Will Entertain 1,000 First
‘Penn State Day’ Guests Saturday
Heads Arrangements
H. CARL BRANDT ’34
PLAYERS SELECT
HOUSEPARTY SHOW
Brighlman ’3B, Ross ’36 To Play
Leading Roles in George
Cohan’s ‘The Tavern’
“The Tavern,” by George JVI. Co*
han, will be presented by the Penn
State Players in Schwab auditorium
on June 8 as one of the first fea
tures of the Commencement week pro
gram. Prank S. Ncusbaum, of the
department of English composition,
will direct the production.
C. K. Lucas Brightman ’BO will
play the leading role with Betsy F.
Ross '3O supporting him. Others of
the cast who have been named to
date are Alex E. Segal- '37, Ruth A.
Goodman '37, and' Leonard Rcibstein
137.
The. play is a burlesque of melo
drama and was first produced in'Ncw
York In 1920. The action takes place
in.a lonely roadside tavern. A mys
terious vagabond,' whose presence re
mains unexplained until the end of
the show, dominates the activities of
the inn. •
Few. critics gave the production
much acclaim when it was first staged
but audiences received it well and
the play soon became one of thu best
box office, successes. Robert Benehlcy,
dramatic critic, called the author “the
greatest man in America.”
The play was revised about 'three
years ago and toured the country.
It then returned to New York for an
other run. Recently the production
was released for amateur presenta
tion. The Players arc one of the
first dramatic groups to present the
play under the amateur rights.
LAUNDRY OWNERS
TO CONVENE HERE
Hetzct Will Greet Delegates at Dinner
Tomorrow Night; DcFrccst
To Give Address
■Laundrymon from all parts of the
Stato will meet here for their annual
convention today and tomorrow. All
of the regular sesions will be held in
tho Little Theatre, Old Main.
•President Ralph D/ Hc-tzel will wel
come the delegates at a banquet to be
given at 7 o’clock tomorrow* night in
the N'ititany Lion Inn. Colonel G. Dc-
Frcest, deputy administrator of the
servico trades section of the NRA, will
bo the chief speaker at the banquet,
which will be followed by dancing.
Dr. Pauline B. Mack, of the depart
ment of textile chemistry, will lend a
discusion group on “A Study of Repre
sentative Home Laundry Methods .in
Soil Removal and Breaking Strength.”
Sho will also lead a discussion follow
inug a talk by .1. Fred Ostcrling, of the
department of textile chemistry, at the
last session.
Speakers at the meetings today were
H. C. Buckclcw, executive . secretary
of the New Jersey Luundryowners' as
sociation; Miss Bessie M. Yoder, as
sociate research fellow here; H. E.
Coneby, vice chairman of the code
authority committee; and Lloyd A.
Peck, general manager of the Pennsyl
vania Luundryowners’ association.
ENGINEERS TO GO TO CHICAGO
Harry B. Northrup, director or
mineral industries extension, and
Prof. J. Orvis Keller, of the engineer*
ing extension department are repre
senting the College at the annual con
vention of the National University
Extension Association in Chicago,
this week. 1
Will Provide High School Seniors With Chance
To Make Observation of Advanced
Institution in Operation
ACTIVITIES PLANNED FOI{ EACH HOUR OF DAY
More than 1,000 students, 316 of which arc participating in the Penn,
sylvania State Jntcrscholaastics, from all suctions of the State arc expected to
visit the College this week-end to attend the first “Penn State j>ay" on Sat
urday, which has been arranged in an effort to provide ithc high school sen
iors of the State with an opportunity to sec a large educational institution
in full operation and to aid them in matters of vocational guidance. .
■Plans for the cnWtainm'cnt have been drawn up under the sponsor
ship of four student organizations—Student Union, Interfraternity Council,
.panhcllcnic Council and 'Women’s
Student Government association—and
the committee on arrangements is
headed by I-I. Carl Brandt ’34.
The day’s piogram Is jammed full
of activities for every hour, beginning
with the registration of the visitors
atithc Student Union desk in Old Mhin
between 10 and 12 o’clock. During this
period tours of Ihe campus will bo
conducted.
COLLEGES PROTEST
‘THROAT CUTTING’
64 Presidents of Institutions
Denounce Methods Used
To Gel Students
Barter with parents or students in
the matter of tuition fees by Pennsyl
vania colleges to obtain a larger quota
of students was vigorously denounced
by fifty men and fifteen women mem
bers of the Association of the College
Presidents of Pennsylvania in a ses
sion at the 'Nittany Lion Inn Tues
day.
The Association includes every in
stitution recognized by tho State Coun
cil of Education as eligible for certi
fication. At a -business meeting yester
day morning, matters of federal legis
lation affecting colleges, the most ef
ficient types of alumni organizations,
and the status of the public high
schools because of the depression were
discussed.
To Study Junior College
The association voted to refer the
junior college problem to the State
Superintendent of Public Instruction
with tho request that he make a thor
ough study of tho problem for the pur
•posc-of -determining tho motAconstruc
tive policy and legislation that 'may
be necessary.
Dr. Charles E. Bcury, president of
Temple University,- who succeeded
President Ralph D. Hetzel as head of
tho organization in January, presided
at most of the sessions. The secretary
of the Association is Dr. Charles L.
Omwakc, president of Ursinus College.
The committeo reporting on.the jun
ior college problem included President
Homer P. Rainey of Buckncll, Presi
dent Charles C. Ellis, of Juniata Col
lege, and President Hetzel.
COACHES TO MEET
HERE SATURDAY
Bccdok Will Form Organization of
State Athlotic Coaches
At First Meeting
As Ihe first step toward forming
the organization of Pennsylvania ath
letic coaches, which was first suggest
ed by Director Hugo Bczdek, of the
School- of Physical Education and
Athletics, a preliminary meeting of
the loading coaches will be held here
this Saturday.
Director Bezdek is sponsoring the
meeting, marking the first* Lime that
the organization of such a group has
ever been attempted in the United
States. At this meeting plans will
jbe formulated for the first regular
conference which will be held here
sometime next year.
Saturday’s meeting will open with
an organization meeting in the Old
Main Sandwich shop at 12:15 o’-
clock, following the luncheon. At this
meeting nominations for temporary
officers and the appointment of com-j
mittees will he accomplished.
Director Moorhead, of the State 1
Department of Health and Physical
Education, will assist in the organiza- 1
tion at a morning meeting in Director
Bezdek’s office.
NOTICE TO BLUE BAND
Members of Ihc College Blue Band
will meet at Recreation hall at 7
o’clock Saturday night instead of at
7:30 o’clock, as it had been announced
previously.
Who’s Dancing
TOMORROW NIGHT
Sigma Phi Alpha
(Invitation)
Old: Heist's Collegiate Uund
Frear Hull at Varsity Hull
(Invitation)
Penn Statesmen
Scabbard and Blade
At Alpha Kappa Pi
(Invitation)
Video Morris
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Luncheon at Fraternities
Displays will be held in the various
departments of the six schools, the
deans and professors will interview the
students about courses und curricula,
ami the preliminaries of the Interscho.
lastic track meet will also be held at
this time.
From noon until 1 o’clock the vis
itors will be the guests of the various
fraternities to which they have been
assigned for lunchoon. The women
will cat at the dining commons in
UcAllistcr hall. The finals of the Hn
lerscholastics will be run off in tho
afternoon..
At 1:10 o’clock the varsity track
team will engage Syracuse University,
while the freshman track team will
meet Cornell University freshmen.
There will be a varsity baseball game
with Gettysburg College at 2:30
o’clock. The Lion lacrosse ten will
clash with Cornell University at 4
o’clock, while at 4:30 o’clock the year
ling diamond team will meet Cook
Academy.
''Women To Hold Play Day
Between 2 and 3:30 o’clock tho
Ityomen’s Athletic association will con
duct the annual "Piny Day" in con
junction with six other Pennsylvania
colleges. Fromi 4 ito 5:30 o’clock there
will be swimming at the Olennland
Pool, which has been reserved for the
occasion.
Between 5:30 and 7 o'clock, dinner
will be held at ihe fraternities and
dining commons. Promptly «t 7:15
o’clock President Ralph D. Hcizcl will
give a short welcoming address to tne
guests in Recreation hall. This will
be followed by an "athletic circus,”
opening with four boxing bouts. Russ
Criswell will meet Larry Madison, Lou
Ritzio will clash with cither Foster or
Sheldon Jones, Mile* Zclcznock will
light Frankie MeAndrews, and Izzy
stickler will give an exhibition with
Mutt Kessler.
Will Hold Wrestling Bouts
A 7:45 o’clock the Glee Club will
present several numbers. Next, "Red"
Johnston will wrestle Ray Yoder, and
Lou Kreizman will meet "King” Cole.
At 8:35 o’clock there will be an exhi
bition socccr-volteyball game, followed
by a sixteen-minute basketball game.
At 0:15 o’clock the Blue Kami will
give a concert.
After the "circus” the various fra
ternities will hold open house. Fifty
three fraternities have signified that
they will be able to accomodate an
average of ten men overnight, while
the women will sleep in the women’s
fraternity houses and in the women’s
dormitories.
Dr. \V|illiam K, Anderson, pastor,
I 1 runklin street Methodist Episcopal
(Continued on page two )
Saturday’s Program
10-12—Registration in Old Main
Campus tours
Interviews with deans and lieuds
of departments
Departmental exhibits
Preliminaries of Interscholastics
12-I—Luncheon-at fraternities and
dining commons
I:ol)—Finals of Interscholastics
I:lo—Varsity track with Syracuse
Freshman track with Cornell
2:OO—W. A. A. "Play Day"
2:3o—Varsity baseball with Get
tysburg
<l:oo—Varsity lacrosse with Cor
nell
"Play Day” swimming at pool
4:3o—Freshman baseball with
Cook Academy
s:3o—Dinner at fraternities and
dining commons
7:15—-Athletic circus in Recreation
hail
o:3o—Open house at fraternities
Visitors must register in Old
Main in the morning in order to
receive free admission tickets to
the athletic contests.